World Rogaining Championships

World Rogaining Championships 2013 Men's Open winners. From left: Rait Pallo, Timmo Tammemäe – silver (Estonia), Rain Eensaar, Silver Eensaar – gold (Estonia), Oleg Kalinin, Evgeny Dombrovskiy – bronze (Russia)

The World Rogaining Championships are the championships of the International Rogaining Federation (IRF) and the pinnacle rogaining event in the world. The championships are organised by the national rogaining organisation chosen by the IRF as the host of that particular championships.

World championship rogaines are always of 24 hours duration, and are conducted in accordance with standard rogaining rules.

The team with the highest score in each of the three gender classes (Men's, Women's and Mixed teams) are declared the World Rogaining Champions. Within each gender class, all teams participate in the Open age category. Additionally, there are age sub-categories as follows: Junior (under 20), Veteran (over 40), Super Veteran (over 55) and Ultra Veteran (over 65).[1]

World Rogaining Championships were previously held every two years, but since 2012 they have been held annually.

History of the Championships

No Year Country Place Number of teams Men's teams Women's teams Mixed teams
1 1992 Australia Australia Beechworth 194 Australia James Russell,

Michael Walters

Australia Drusilla Patkin ,

Alexandra Tyson

Australia Tony Woolford, Barb Gare
2 1996 Australia Australia Mt Singleton 271 Australia David Rowlands,

James Russell

Australia Christine O'Keefe,

Jenny Casanova

Australia David Ellis, John Nitschke, Vanessa Walker
3 1998 Canada Canada Kamloops 134 Australia Nigel Aylott,

Finland Iiro Kakko

Canada Catherine Hagen, Pam James Australia Richard Matthews,

Helen Bailey

4 2000 New Zealand New Zealand Christchurch 193 Australia David Rowlands,

New Zealand Greg Barbour

New Zealand Rachel Smith, Spain Encarna Maturana New Zealand Rob Hart, Jenni Adams
5 2002 Czech Republic Czech Republic Lesná 182 Australia David Rowlands,

New Zealand Greg Barbour

Australia Julie Quinn, Kay Haarsma Latvia Guntars Mankus, Raimonds Lapinš, Anita Liepina
6 2004 United States United States Arizona 176 United States Mike Kloser,

Michael Tobin

United States Victoria Campbell, Jennifer Knowles Australia David Baldwin, Julie Quinn
7 2006 Australia Australia Warrumbungles 308 New Zealand Dennis de Monchy,

Chris Forne

Australia Heather Logie, Julie Quinn Latvia Guntars Mankus, Raimonds Lapinš, Anita Liepina
8 2008 Estonia Estonia Karula National Park 339 Russia Evgeny Dombrovskiy,

Pavel Shestakov

Latvia Alida Abola, Baiba Ozola Russia Pavel Sysoev, Irina Safronova
9 2010 New Zealand New Zealand Cheviot 250 New Zealand Chris Forne, Marcel Hagener Australia Gill Fowler, Alexa McAuley Finland Seppo Mäkinen, Ulla Silventoinen
10 2012 Czech Republic Czech Republic Prebuz 333 Estonia Silver Eensaar, Rain Eensaar Russia Anastasia Galitarova, Irina Safronova Russia Andrey Shvedov, Anna Shavlakova
11 2013 Russia Russia Alol 314 Estonia Silver Eensaar, Rain Eensaar Russia Nastia Rostovtseva, Anna Shavlakova Russia Andrey Shvedov, Natalija Abramova
12 2014 United States USA South Dakota 180 Estonia Silver Eensaar, Rain Eensaar, Timmo Tammemäe Russia Marina Galkina, Nina Mikheeva Estonia Heiti Hallikma, Viivi-Anne Soots
13 2015 Finland Finland Saariselkä 374 Finland Petteri Muukkonen, Hannu-Pekka Pukema Russia Anna Shavlakova, Natalija Abramova Russia Konstantin Ivanov, Natalija Zimina
14 2016 Australia Australia Alice Springs 303 New Zealand Chris Forne, Greig Hamilton New Zealand Georgia Whitla, Lara Prince Australia Rob Preston, Kathryn Preston
15 2017 Latvia Latvia Rāzna National Park
16 2019 Spain Spain La Molina, Catalonia

Multiple winners

Perpetual trophies for World Rogaining Championship category winners

Men's Estonia Silver Eensaar - 3 Estonia Rain Eensaar - 3 Australia David Rowlands - 3 Australia Chris Forne - 3 New Zealand Greg Barbour - 2 Australia James Russell - 2

Women's Australia Julie Quinn - 2 Russia Anastasia Shavlakova - 2

Mixed Latvia Raimonds Lapinš - 2 Latvia Anita Liepina - 2 Latvia Guntars Mankus - 2 Russia Andrey Shvedov - 2

Overall Estonia Silver Eensaar - 3 Estonia Rain Eensaar - 3 Australia Julie Quinn - 3 Australia David Rowlands - 3 Australia Chris Forne - 3 Russia Anastasia Shavlakova - 3 Russia Natalija Abramova - 2 New Zealand Greg Barbour - 2 Latvia Raimonds Lapinš - 2 Latvia Anita Liepina - 2 Latvia Guntars Mankus - 2 Australia James Russell - 2 Russia Andrey Shvedov - 2

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